Learning Blog

Here you will find all the learning from our innovative learning projects, including reports, workshop write-ups, think pieces and reflection from children, the team and the wider community of practice. You will also find relevant sector news, case studies, resources and guest blogs.

The Ecuador trip was awesome! It was one of the longest flights I have ever experienced in my life. I flew KLM from Entebbe, Uganda to Amsterdam, the plane was too big and one of the flight attendants told me that it carries about 365 passengers. It took me 8 hours to fly from Entebbe …

Arpana*, a girl aged 17, is studying in Grade 8 in a public school in Kathmandu. She was born in a poor family of marginalized community in a remote area of eastern Nepal. Her father left the mother and got married with another woman once Arpana’s mother got laparoscopic operation. At that time Arpana and …

In the century of giant technological and communication advances it is very easy to communicate across huge distances in a matter of seconds. Life is going to a rapid pace and in order to answer to these changes it is required to be alert at all times. Does this alertness have an impact on individual …

I was one of the presenters at the ‘Pathways to Resilience’ conference, which was held in Cape Town in South Africa from the 14th to the 17th June 2017. Our ‘Resilience dream team’ included: Sian Wynne, the Resilience Project Manager; Sarah Thomas de Benitez, former CEO of the Consortium for Street Children and co-founder of …

We are delighted to announce the publication of Building with Bamboo’s first learning update! This is the first of three updates in which we share the emerging learning from our first learning and innovation cycle (January – March 2017). In this update, we provide a brief introduction to the project, our approach to ‘resilience’ and …

This is the history of Dolly*, a 14 year-old girl from a remote area in Lalitpur District, Nepal. Dolly grew up in an abusive and violent family environment. Her father is an alcoholic who repeatedly abused her emotionally and physically. Dolly and her mom decided to run away to start a new life. However, Dolly …

On the 21st June 2017, Building with Bamboo presented its first ever shared learning panel, “Resilience: From Research to Practice”. 16 participants gathered from 12 organisations to hear about the Building with Bamboo project and to discover what learning is emerging so far. A full recording is available here for those who were unable to …

Behind each street-connected children there are stories that should be told and heard, unfortunately most of these stories are rather painful than sweet. Precisely, the outreach team from JUCONI have been thinking about the way these stories may affect children, also how children explain to themselves the challenging experiences they had to go through and the …

I was invited by KOTV channel host, MC Jerry, to a live interview about resilience which was recently aired on Ugandan TV. The objective of the interview was to share with the audience about our work supporting street-connected children exposed to sexual abuse and sexual exploitation. The TV host was also interested in learning about …

We are pleased to announce the first Building with Bamboo shared learning panel, Resilience: From Research to Practice. The panel will take place on 21st June at 13:00-14:30 UTC (14:00-15:30 UK). Building with Bamboo is an international learning project exploring resilience-based approaches to working with street-connected children who are exposed to sexual abuse and sexual exploitation. The project builds on findings …